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P&C industry joins the $3-billion Cat club (again)

For the second year in a row, Canadian P&C insurers have become members of the unenviable $3-billion Cat club thanks to NatCat losses.

By David Gambrill | October 19, 2023

2 min read

Policy exclusion? Watch your exceptions in multiple-cause losses

To prevent covering losses with multiple suspected causes, underwriters must beware of wording they use in exceptions to policy exclusions.

By David Gambrill | October 18, 2023

4 min read

NatCats increasingly a factor in why insurers fail

Natural catastrophes are increasingly a factor behind why insurance companies fail. And when they go bankrupt, they tend to fail in clusters.

By David Gambrill | October 17, 2023

3 min read

Behind the industry’s ‘modest decline’ in auto premiums

Canada saw an overall “modest decline” of 3.5% in personal auto insurance premiums last year, AM Best reported.

By Jason Contant | October 17, 2023

3 min read